NPDS - Alex Bregman to the Cubs!? Cody Bellinger wants how much!? Tarik Skubal v. Tigers is MAJOR! (Episode 1400 Hour 2)

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Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.9 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Alex Bregman is headed to the Chicago Cubs! What happened to the Red Sox!? Bregman is off to Chicago on a five-year, $175 million! $70 million deferred! (12:00) Cody Bellinger and the Yankees are likely to part ways. Bellinger wants too much. Too much money. Too many years. (21:00) Tarik Skubal filed at $32 million. The Detroit Tigers filed at $19 million. This arbitration battle is going to be something! (33:30) MLB CBA chatter! What is going on between the union and the league? (47:00) The Athletics did not get the trademark they wanted. Does that mean no Las Vegas Athletics? No Sacramento Athletics? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:27.7	It is a clean-shaven David Samson coming at you.
1:32.3	And I loved Saturday night.
1:36.6	It was not just another Saturday night.
1:39.2	And it was not all right for fighting.
1:41.6	But I'll tell you what it was.
1:43.5	It was the Chicago Cubs saying,
1:45.8	you know what? The Bears are getting their arse kicked by the Packers. Why don't we release
1:51.3	a major free agent signing? And then, of course, the Bears came back to win the game,
1:57.0	and no one's talking about Alex Bregman. They had the right idea.
2:03.3	They had the wrong coach coaching for the Packers.
2:08.5	Back on June 26th of 2025, I had a wait to see.
2:14.1	And I was positive.
2:15.9	I had this one.
2:17.1	I knew Alex Bredman was going to opt out of his deal with the Red Sox
2:20.7	because remember he signed that Boris special pillow deal crap
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